Messaging and collaboration software maker Mindjet released a new version of its software for Apple's Mac platform. MindManager 8 for Mac offers several hooks into Microsoft applications in addition to greater ties to native Apple software. MindManager 8 for Mac now integrates with native Mac software, including iCal, Address Book, and iWork. The new iCal integration easily lets users track To Do lists and multiple calendars. Mac users may also create maps in MindManager 8 an open them to edited in MindManager 8 for Windows, as well as Mindjet Catalyst, a SAAS application that injects interactive collaboration into the mind maps.
Mindjet, the startup specializing in visualization software that helps
knowledge workers collaborate on projects, has released a new version of its software
for Apple's Mac platform.
Mindjet's MindManager software lets users create
"mind maps," or graphs and charts that map out workers' ideas, goals
and projects using computers as the canvas.
Rather than using documents,
spreadsheets and presentations to exchange information, MindManager users chart
their ideas and information visually, starting with a central topic surrounded
by subtopics arranged on lines.
MindManager for the Microsoft Windows platform has been
successful and Mindjet hopes to extend that success to the Mac
platform, which Mindjet Vice President of Products Neil Mendelson said
stands to gain
traction among companies that allow their employees to choose whether
they use a Mac or PC for work.
Accordingly, MindManager 8 for Mac offers several hooks into Microsoft
applications in addition to greater ties to native Apple software.
MindManager 8 for Mac now integrates with native Mac software,
including iCal, Address Book and iWork. The new iCal integration easily lets
users track To Do lists and multiple calendars.
Mindjet features standard Apple gesture support on the multitouch
Trackpad, allowing users to "pinch and expand" to zoom in on the map.
New Magic Mouse support enables "three finger roll" for scrolling
through the map.
Mac users can now use Mindjet to import documents from
Microsoft Word, and Apple Pages, and even export content to Microsoft Word,
PowerPoint, Apple iWork Pages, Keynote, OPML, text outline, HTML, JPG, PNG or
TIFF formats.
Importantly, Mac users may also create maps in
MindManager 8 an open them to edited in MindManager 8 for Windows, as well as Mindjet
Catalyst, a SAAS application that injects interactive collaboration into the
mind maps.
Users can also publish maps in social media networks such as
Facebook and MySpace and export maps in PDF or Flash format using Mindjet
Player.
MindManager 8 for Mac also boasts a built-in browser,
which can be launched within maps to let users view Web pages and PDF documents
without leaving MindManager.
Mindjet also added integration with Apple's iChat to let
users send a mind map to someone during a chat, Mendelson said.
Available in English, German, French and Japanese, MindManager
8 for Mac is available now through Mindjet.com as a new license for $249, or $129
for existing MindManager for Mac customers to upgrade to and enjoy the new
functionality.
Existing customers of MindManager 6 or 7 for Mac who purchase an
upgrade before Feb. 28, 2010 may do so for $99.
These are all fine additions to MindManager for Mac. Still,
Mindjet's most exciting product to date has been Mindjet Catalyst, which enables Web conferencing, document and file sharing, and secure online
workspaces. This a fine
application work departmental workgroups.
Mendelson said that while Catalyst was initially launched
for SMBs and worked only for the Windows version of MindManager, customers can
expect a midmarket version of Catalyst sometime this year.
However, Mindjet does not currently have plans
to port MindManager for Mac to Catalyst, an indication that Mindjet's Mac user
base tend to be solo workers looking to boost their personal productivity.
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